Merge branch 'jk/maint-push-progress'

diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 66fc291c8a81de71dee7b597c9ab0dc9d70e8e29..9f63067f50a6f49d61d40474608535905bec905b 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -462,8 +462,21 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                die(_("No names found, cannot describe anything."));
 
        if (argc == 0) {
-               if (dirty && !cmd_diff_index(ARRAY_SIZE(diff_index_args) - 1, diff_index_args, prefix))
-                       dirty = NULL;
+               if (dirty) {
+                       static struct lock_file index_lock;
+                       int fd;
+
+                       read_cache_preload(NULL);
+                       refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_QUIET|REFRESH_UNMERGED,
+                                     NULL, NULL, NULL);
+                       fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 0);
+                       if (0 <= fd)
+                               update_index_if_able(&the_index, &index_lock);
+
+                       if (!cmd_diff_index(ARRAY_SIZE(diff_index_args) - 1,
+                                           diff_index_args, prefix))
+                               dirty = NULL;
+               }
                describe("HEAD", 1);
        } else if (dirty) {
                die(_("--dirty is incompatible with committishes"));